Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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GROUP II—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
No. of Defects dealt with. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | ||||
B | G | B | G | B | G | |
ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint) | 21 | 20 | _ | _ | 21 | 20 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 21 | 20 | — | — | 21 | 20 |
No. of Children for whom spectacles were | ||||||
(a) Prescribed | 14 | 12 | — | — | 14 | 12 |
(b) Obtained | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
GROUP III.— TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
Received Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||
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Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (1) | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Total. (3) | Received other forms of Treatment. (4) | Total number treated. (S) | |||||||||
(i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G | B G |
1 - | 1 |
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only, (iii) Tonsils and adenoids, (iv) Other
defects of the nose and throat.